Appliance for pressing neckties or strip material



Feb. 16, 1954 J s, CQRBY 2,669,045'

APPLIANCE FoR PRESSING NECKTIES OR STRIP MATERIAL Filed April 17, 1951 2Sheets-Sheet l INVf/ViOP; do A Shawn Ir (away Feb. 16, 1954 l s CQRBY2,669,045

APPLIANCE FOR PRESSING NECKTIES OR STRIP MATERIAL i lled April 17, 19512 Sheets-Sheet 2 n 7 17V VAC/V70? I JOHNS/900W @RBy Patented Feb. 16,1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE APPLIANCE FOR PRESSING NECKTIES' QRSTRIP MATERIAL Glaimspriority, application Gre t Britain Aprll18, 19.50

2,.Claims.

This invention relates to an appliance for pressing neck-ties, ribbons,collars, waistsbelts, or other similar wearing apparel, so as to "D ssorflatten out creases or the like in these articles or to-restore themto their original fiat shape.

According to the present invention an appliance for-the purposedescribed is provided with a supporting structure in which are mountedtwo rollers, which are connected togetherby a strip of flexible materialadapted to be unwound from one roller and wound on the other roller, oneof the rollers being spring-actuated so as toreturn both rollers totheirstarting position, while the other roller is arranged ,formanual'rctation, a spring actuated member bearing against the strip orflexible material wound on the second-men tioncd roller for retainingthe roller in any position into which it has been moved and forpressingyupon an article wound up between the folds of the flexiblematerial, .said spring actuated member when moved away from its rollerenablingthe two rollers to b returned to their rerespectlve normalposition.

The spring acting on the spring actuated roller is preferably located inthe interior of this roller in a similar manner to the spring of aspringroller blind.

The spring actuated member is preferably in the form of a lever hingedlymounted at one end in the supporting structure, while its other endbears against the manually operable roller, 2. spring acting onsaid'lever between the pivot axis of said lever; and the roller againstwhich it is adapted to bear.

The invention will now be described by way of example with reference tothe accompanying drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevationof a press for ties and other similar wearingapparel.

Fig;'2iS a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an underside plan of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view of Fig. 1 looking at the right hand end thereof.

Fig. 6v is a section on the line VIVI of Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings, an appliance, for the purpose described, isprovided with supporting means which may be formed by two side plates I,2 of metal, wood or other suitable material held spaced apart by anumber of rods such as 3, 4, 5, 6.

Between the two side plates I, 2 are mounted two spindles l, 8 thespindle I being fixedly mounted in the side plates I, 2 whilst thespindle 8 is rotatably mounted in the side plates I, 2.

2 0n each-spindle "I, 8 is mounted a roller-9,' I0 preferably of wood01- other suitable material.

The roller M on the fixed spindle I is free to turn relatively to itsspindle I to which it is connected by acoiled spring I I, one end of thespring II being secured to the-roller I0 at I2 and the otherend issecured to the spindle l at I3. The connection between the fixed spindlel and the roller Ill mounted thereon is preferably similar to thearrangement of a spring-roller-blind.

The roller 9. is securedto its spindle 8, for example byone or morespiders I4. The spindle 8 projects from one or'both'of the side platesI, 2, the projecting end or ends of the spindle having an operating knobI5 or lever secured thereto so as to facilitate turning of the spindle-8 and thus of the roller 9.

To the two rollers 8,10 are respectively secured theopposite ends of astrip I6 of flexible material, such as canvas.

The securing is preferably efiected by passing the corresponding end ofthe strip I6 at least once around "the corresponding roller 9, I0 andthen securing it to the adjacent portion of the strip I ii. Thesecuringmay also-be efiected by adhesive.

The roller 9 is preferably located uppermost, and the lower roller I9 ispreferably located forwardly of the-upper roller 5! as shown in Fig. 6.

"I'he spacing between the rollers 9, I0 is such that an articl to beoperated upon can pass betweenthe layers of the strip I6 while these arebeing rolled on to the manually operated roller 9, while also beingcapable of being rolled around the upper roller 9 one or more times.

Against the upper roller 9 bears a spring-actuated member H which ispivotally mounted on the rod 6 mount d in the side plates I, 2rearwardly of the lower'roller I 0.

The ,spring-actuatedmember I1 is preferably in thetorrnol' ajlever onWhich is fitted a rod I8 hinged at its lower end on the rod hingedlymounted on the rod 6. The lever I1 bears at its upper end against theupper roller 9, while a spring 20 is anchored at one end to the lever I!about midway of its length, the other end of the spring 20 is anchoredto a rod 2| mounted in the side plates I, 2. The pressure of the springactuated lever I I against the upper roller 9 normally prevents movementof the latter.

The operation of the device above described, assuming that the lowerroller III has been turned by its spring II so that the strip offlexible material I B has been wound as far as possible thereon, is asfollows:

The end of the article to be treated has the end thereof placed againstthe strip of material [6 at a point between the two rollers 9, l and theupper roller 9 is turned by means of the knob 15 or the like so as towind the flexible material 16 and simultaneously wind the article aroundthe upper roller 9 within the convolutions of said flexible material andto unwind the flexible material from the lower roller l0 while windingup. the spring ll of the latter. The action of the spring actuated leverI! is such that it permits of this movement but does not preventrotation of the upper roller 9 when actuated by the knob IE or the like.When the flexible material i 6 has been unwound from the lower rollerl!) to the full extent, the article may have been fully or partly woundaround the upper roller 9 and is thus pressed.

To release the article the spring actuated lever I! is pulled away fromthe upper roller 9 thus allowing the spring H of the lower roller Hi toturn in the direction opposite to that produced by turning the upperroller 9 as above described, so that the flexible material 16 is woundon to the lower roller l0 and the article gradually re leased from theappliance.

Should the article, such as a necktie, be of a length greater than thelength of flexible material IS which is wound from the lower roller 10on to the upper roller 9, one end of the article is first treated andthen the other, or the article may be folded and thus its whole lengthtreated.

By passing an article into the appliance it is pressed and rolled andcreases are removed therefrom.

The spring pressed lever H is preferably 01 a width so as to extend overa predetermined length of the upper roller 9 so that it also appliespressure to the article which is being treated in the appliance.

As a result of passing the article around a roller such as 9, it isspread, this action assisting in smoothing out a crumple or crease,while at the same time pressure is also applied to the article by thespring actuated member.

Since certain modifications may be made in the device of the presentinvention without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended thatall matter contained in the foregoing description and shown in theaccompanying drawing be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in alimiting sense.

Having thus described the invention what is new and desired to beobtained by Letters Patent, is:

1. A pressing appliance comprising supporting means, two rollers mountedon said supporting means, said rollers being connected together by astrip of flexible material, said strip of material being attached at itsopposite ends to a respective roller and adapted to be unwound from oneof said rollers and wound on the other of saidrollers and rewound onsaid first-mentioned roller, one of said rollers being spring-biased ina direction tending to return said roller to its starting position, theother of said rollers being arranged for manual actuation, a springactuated memberdisposed for releasable abutment against said strip offlexible material when wound on said second-mentioned roller forretaining the latter in a predetermined manually adjusted position andserving additionally for pressing upon anv article wound up between theconvolutions of said flexible material, said spring actuated memberbeing arranged for releasing its respective roller when moved away fromthe latter, thereby enabling said spring-biased roller to be returned toits normal position in order to simultaneously wind said strip thereonand unwind said strip from said other roller while the latter returns toits normal position.

2. A pressing appliance comprising supporting means, two rollers mountedon said supporting means, said rollers being connected together by astrip of flexible material, said strip of material being attached at itsopposite ends to a respective roller and adapted to be unwound from oneof said rollers and wound on the other of said rollers and rewound onsaid first-mentioned roller, one of said rollers being spring-biased ina direction tending to return said roller to its starting position, theother of said rollers being arranged for actuation, a spring actuatedmember disposed for releasable abutment against said strip of flexiblematerial when wound on said secondmentioned roller for retaining thelatter in a predetermined manually adjusted position and servingadditionally for pressing upon. an article wound up between theconvolutions of said flexible material, said spring actuated memberbeing arranged for releasing its respective roller when moved away fromthe latter, thereby enabling said spring-biased roller to be returned toits normal position in order to simultaneously wind said strip thereonand unwind said strip from said other roller while the latter returns toits normal position, said spring-actuated member comprising a leverpivotally mounted at one end in said supporting means and having itsopposite end disposed for engagement against said manually operableroller, and spring means for normally maintaining said lever inoperative abutment against said manually operable roller.

JOHN SIDDONS COREY.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 1,989,583 Bergstrand Jan. 29, 1935 FOREIGN PATENTS NumberCountry Date 270,406 Great Britain May 9, 1927

